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| New excavations on the eastern Nile Delta show that ancient Egyptians had large-scale glassmaking operations several hundred years earlier than researchers had believed, and the archaeological remains provide the first solid evidence about how they did it, British and German researchers have reported.The glass factory at Piramesses, which probably began production around 1250 B.C. -- about 100 years after the reign of King Tutankhamen -- used a two-step process in which pulverized quartz was heated with plant ash in ceramic jars to form a crude solid.Crushed again, the raw glass was heated to higher temperatures and colorized to form valuable ingots that were shipped to fabricators in Egypt and throughout the Mediterranean region, the team reported in the journal Science.
| A stunning new seafront hotel designed in the shape of a cruise liner will use around 1500m2 of Pilkington Activ self-cleaning glass for both doors and windows.
| Asean, of which Malaysia is one of the founding members, has concluded the free trade agreement in goods with China and the initial phase of the agreement is expected to be implemented by July 1 this year, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz.
| AMECA (Automotive Manufacturer Equipment Compliance Agency) announces it has extended accreditation to CTCV to test automotive Safety Glass and Safety Glazing Materials.
| Rexam, the global consumer packaging group and the world's No 1 beverage can maker, announces that it has sold its glass business in Barnsley, UK, to Ardagh Glass for a cash consideration of £ 50m.
| The MI5 The Security Service warned that most casualties from urban terrorist attacks are from flying glass. Glass is an odd product.
| The idled Glenshaw Glass Co. is seeking bankruptcy court permission to auction off its equipment, a move that would further dampen hopes that a savior may jump in and restart the plant.
| On behalf of Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Yablonsky today announced that Cardinal Glass Industries will create at least 150 jobs over three years with the establishment of a glass fabricating facility in Mountaintop.
| South African glass packaging firm Consol lifted interim earnings 4.7 percent on Wednesday, saying it planned to boost market share and post a solid performance in the second half.Headline earnings per share rose to 58.2 cents from 55.6 cents in the previous period.
| Increased shipments by an area glass manufacturer are driving the need for Schneider National Inc. to expand again in eastern Iowa..
| A BD1.25 million industry which involves the largest glass oven will soon be established in Bahrain.An agreement has been signed between Al Yousef Glass and Mirror Company and Finnish company Tamglass for the project which is the biggest of its kind in the region.
| Dozens of birds, drunk from eating holly berries, crashed into the glass of an office building and died earlier this week.
| A group of creditors yesterday filed a petition to push the closed Glenshaw Glass Co. into involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings.The company already is being liquidated under a receivership ordered in November by Common Pleas Judge Robert P.
| Glaverbel will be attending BAU -- the European construction show in Munich -- for the first time from 17 to 22 January 2005.
| According to Solutia Automotive, the use of laminated automotive glass is on the rise for both concept and production vehicles, and no place is that more evident than the 2005 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), which concludes Sunday, Jan. 23, in Detroit.
| Corning said it has started delivering generation seven TFT glass substrates to Samsung, the mighty Korean chaebol.
| Marking an industry first, the Laminated Glazing Interlayers division of Solutia Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SOLUQ-OB) will bring the design talents of both architects and automotive designers under one competition.
| ShatterGARD and its subsidiary Global Vehicle Protection Inc., the global leaders in glass protection technology, announced today that they would donate 100 VehicleGARD kits to outfit Humvees in Iraq.
| Federal jurors on Thursday cleared Pilkington North America of allegations that it allowed arsenic waste at the company's glass factory in Naplate to contaminate the surrounding village.
| Pilkington plc has won an important award under the prestigious Engineering Heritage Hallmark Scheme (EHHS) for the invention of the Float Glass process.